Kledana, Avalambana, Rasana, Snehana, Shleshmana: The Five Kaphas of the Bhavaprakasha — One Moon-Cool Dosha in Five Stations, and the Stomach Kapha That Waters Them All

Quick Summary With this reading, the Bhavaprakasha’s tour of the three doshas completes its circle. After the five winds and...

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Pachaka, Ranjaka, Sadhaka, Alochaka, Bhrajaka: The Five Pittas of the Bhavaprakasha — and the Classical Debate on Whether Pitta Is the Body's Fire (Agni)

Quick Summary Classical Ayurveda does not speak of pitta as one thing. The Bhavaprakasha, in its Dosha Prakarana, gives the...

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Visarga, Adana, Vikshepa: How Soma, Surya and Anila Uphold the Body — the Dosha Prakarana of the Bhavaprakasha

Quick Summary Deep in the Purva Khanda of the Bhavaprakasha, the great sixteenth-century encyclopedia of Ayurveda, the text finishes counting...

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